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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 9, 2018 10:16:32 GMT
Something ensued between Darren Bell and Dianne Pilkington this morning but a lot of tweets have been deleted so I can't tell what, did anybody see it? I caught something on Twitter this morning (which seems to have disappeared) showing a newspaper article by Paul Whitehouse launching the show in which the headline said something like "it's not another poncey West End show" which seems to have alienated the entire industry.
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 8, 2018 23:15:57 GMT
It may be the last one for a while as the 3 year deal ends this season and I think the theatre is looking for a long running musical to go in. Frozen is rumoured.
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 7, 2018 20:34:11 GMT
Shirley would have voted for Lee! Interesting. Was this her last minute be nice moment or was Lee better in some way? I wondered that. Perhaps she considered that Lee's routine had more dance content. But I did agree with the rest of the judges in that I found Charles's routine more pleasing to watch.
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 7, 2018 11:16:05 GMT
Gosh - I could watch that clip a million times and never get tired of it! Sheer JOY!
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 4, 2018 16:22:10 GMT
I saw this production at the Vaults and it was terrific - as the whole venue had been transformed.
I am happy to see this touring - I love the show, but I always wonder how it will transfer from a very small intimate fringe venue underneath railway arches to HUGE venues such as the Liverpool Empire! To me it will be a totally different show - no traverse staging like at the Vaults and I assume a largely different cast. I cant see the whole of the audience up on stage dancing with the cast at the end like at the Vaults where is was on big party.
I'm sure it will be great but it cannot be the same production.
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 1, 2018 13:12:04 GMT
No pro dancer quits the show if they can help it. It is so high profile and provides very lucrative spin off work - the Strictly Tour and of course their own touring dance shows - which would not sell if they were not on the TV.
The BBC may not renew the contracts - that is another matter entirely!
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 1, 2018 12:57:47 GMT
I hesitate to get involved in this standing ovation discussion but I find that "once upon a time back in the old days" a standing ovation was very rare in Britain although for something truly extraordinary it did happen. Now I find that the audience stand at everything. I cannot remember a performance in recent theatre going when the majority of the audience have not stood. I stand only occasionally - 42nd St (back on topic) was one of those occasions!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 30, 2018 20:54:16 GMT
Really struggling with this series so far. The music does not fit the dance style and there is sometimes very little actual dance content - some of the dances are unrecognisable as fox trots, waltzes, quick steps etc. I am amazed the judges haven't picked up on this. The dances get lost even further on "movie" week or "Halloween".
Another issue I have is that so many of the celebs seem to be of a high standard from the start bar 3 or 4. I find it hard to believe this standard has been reached in only 3 weeks - so either they have had previous training over the Summer since getting secretly signed up or they have danced before. This means that there can be very little improvement over the coming weeks negating the format of seeing an average dancer improve week on week. It's going to be a little boring watching Joe (for example) bounce around, and Faye and Ashley dance professionally week after week.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 30, 2018 20:38:15 GMT
Lee Ryan clearly has no popular public support, and oozes desperation! His dance wasn't that bad - there were worse. He was distinctly unlikeable when he appeared on Celebrity Big Brother a while ago - he didn't get far on that either.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 28, 2018 23:13:19 GMT
As I said in an earlier post on this thread I just could not understand why anyone would pay such prices for this, not knowing what they were getting. People buy tickets to events all the time when they don't know the outcome. Perhaps sports? You know exactly what you are getting when you pay to see sport - that is, a football match for example and a game in which either side could win. You don't buy a ticket for sport and not know what sport it is. It might be tennis? Then again it might be baseball? Who's playing? No idea! Where am I sat? No idea! Am I standing? No idea! Is there a burger van? No idea! Beer? No idea!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 28, 2018 23:04:39 GMT
As I said in an earlier post on this thread I just could not understand why anyone would pay such prices for this, not knowing what they were getting. Why not just go and see a show ( or five ) for the price?
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 24, 2018 20:00:03 GMT
I think that Keeley Hawes "leaving" the series after episode 3 meant that the rest of the series wasn't as riveting. She is a very "watchable" actress and once she'd left he had no-one to body guard and he had to carry the remaining episodes alone.
Enjoyed it though and good to hear it was so popular as this will encourage channels to make more drama and less reality TV!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 24, 2018 19:49:42 GMT
Now up at 809,000 views! Now bare in mind that the Strictly Youtube channel only has 123,000 subscribers so there's hundreds of thousands of people specifically seeking out Joe's video. If he can encourage all of his followers to vote for free online then he pretty much has this in the bag. He doesn't even need all of them - a percentage will do! If he stays in over perceived better dancers week after week I can see it becoming an issue with the other contestants and the voting public. Watch this space!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 24, 2018 13:28:26 GMT
Did anyone make it to the first preview last night? Hoping to read some reports. Yes, I was at the first preview on Friday evening. Nightmare picking up tickets as the pick up queue was up St Martin's Lane and took ages! As a consequence the play went up at least 15 minutes late around 7.30pm with the cast killing time on stage waiting for house clearance. It finished at 11.00pm! As a consequence I had a huge dash to get my train - some of us don't live in London!! Then a delay on the train and did not get home until 2.00am! Not happy! Sat on the front row (B) for £20 - bargain. Not restricted and you don't miss anything but the stage is high due to the raised stage for much of the play. I enjoyed it - sometimes very funny, sometimes incredibly moving. I didn't see it at the YV. Very well acted by a very attractive cast. However, I thought the play was certainly far too long and would have benefited from being heavily edited. The writing was clearly influenced by other plays - (Angels, Torch Song Trilogy, The Normal Heart) not necessarily a bad thing but I did feel that I had seen a lot of it before, somehow? Being someone who lived through the Aids crisis of the 80's and having lost friends, I found the ending to the part one incredibly moving and a stunning theatrical moment.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 24, 2018 13:12:10 GMT
Joe's online social media presence is clear to see. On Strictly's Youtube channel most of the dances from Saturday night have hit somewhere around 30 to 50,000 views. As of this moment Joe is sitting on 531,000 views. It's a good job he can dance! Well I guess we can almost just give up on any idea of it being a contest now then, unless he has an absolute nightmare one week and the scoring combinations end up putting him in the dance-off... Interesting. It's the first time the show will have come across this massive social media following and no doubt the reason he was booked. Will his followers actually vote for him though? If they do, it will skew the voting and it's game over - keeping him out of the dance off (where the judges can vote him off) and then win the final?
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 23, 2018 22:51:44 GMT
Watched this on catch up today. I have been a fan of this show, probably from when it started, but for the first time I found this a LONG slog! The early shows have 15 dances to get through but even later on in the competition when the numbers have been culled it is padded out with filler with the couples getting to do 2 dances each.
I just felt after watching the first "live" show that it is so formulaic now with the comedy role, the sports stars, actors, ex pop stars, the stories of long hours worked in their "day" jobs, family members in the audience etc. that I could have been watching a repeat of a series from a couple of years ago and would not have noticed!!
I felt very sorry for Susannah who was made to look very foolish - very unnecessary. I hope for her sake she gets voted off quickly to save any further humiliation with more ridiculous "routines" week after week.
For the first year ever, I think I will just watch the results show on Sunday which gives a taste of the routines and the result!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 19, 2018 22:57:34 GMT
I booked row B in the stalls for £20 which I swear was the second row when I booked but is now the front row and classed as restricted view! Can't complain for £20 though!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 18, 2018 23:23:10 GMT
They clearly need the publicity of The One Show for a ticket push! I am surprised after her high profile stint in EastEnders Bonnie has not shifted more tickets. Perhaps the public at large don't know she has gone into it? The show seems very quiet some nights with the upper levels closed! Such a shame!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 16, 2018 16:37:24 GMT
I don't have an issue with tall/large people in front but I have a massive issue with leaning together and fidgeting! Recently the first act of a show was ruined for me (I moved seats after the interval) by a woman in front CONSTANTLY playing with her hair! How I restrained myself from grabbing it and violently banging her head on the back of the seat I will never know!!!!!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 14, 2018 13:14:23 GMT
Thanks for that.....at least it wasn't me being thick using the website. To go or not to go, that is the question!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 14, 2018 12:38:05 GMT
Any other seniors here, remember at matinees you can buy the best available for £26. I've seen no better offers, surprisingly, but even if there are/were some, I'm happy with my top-price central stalls seat for that price. Tried to book next Wed matinee (19th) for this (lots of availability) but on the Old Vic website - there was no discount from 45 quid? Where is the 26 pound offer?
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 14, 2018 1:28:34 GMT
theatrefan77 Yes, thanks so much for the heads up on this! I LOVE this board! Just booked 2 evening performances at the end of the month! An absolute bargain - I missed this at the Young Vic and like @n1david I didn't want to see it from the back or spend a fortune!
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 14, 2018 1:06:46 GMT
Did she ever make it to the West End? Yes, in Kiss Me Kate at the Victoria Palace in the Michael Blakemore production. She and the production were fabulous! A great loss.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 12, 2018 18:00:49 GMT
Sharon D Clarke will be wasted in this. As far as I remember General Cartwright is a very small role with no solo number.
I always find stuff at the RAH expensive - especially as it is totally unsuited as venue to musical theatre - and there seem to be very few discounts.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 8, 2018 14:53:36 GMT
The Riverside Studios production was excellent.
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